§ 3-149. Fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer.
Any driver of a motor vehicle who willfully fails or refuses to bring the vehicle to a stop, or who otherwise flees or attempts to elude, in any manner, a pursuing police vehicle or peace officer, when given a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisoned not more than six months unless such failure to stop, fleeing or attempt to elude occurs in a residential area, school zone or within the boundaries of a town or village, then the person shall be fined not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and imprisoned not more than one year. A signal complies with this section if the signal is perceptible to the driver and:
A. If given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the stopping vehicle is appropriately marked showing it to be an official police vehicle; or
B. If not given from a vehicle, the signal is given by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren, and the officer is in uniform and prominently displays the officer’s badge.